Year: | 2013 |
Conference: | Atlantic Sun Conference |
Teams: | 8 |
Format: | Double-elimination |
Ballpark: | Melching Field at Conrad Park |
City: | DeLand, FL |
Titlecount: | 1st |
Coach: | Tony Skole |
Coachcount: | 1st |
Mvp: | Kerry Doane |
Mvpteam: | East Tennessee State |
The 2013 Atlantic Sun Conference baseball tournament was held at Melching Field at Conrad Park on the campus of Stetson University in DeLand, Florida, from May 22 through 25. won their first tournament championship and claimed the Atlantic Sun Conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The Buccaneers joined the conference in 2005.[1] [2] [3]
The 2013 tournament was an 8-team double-elimination tournament. The top eight teams (based on conference results) from the conference earned invitations to the tournament. Northern Kentucky was not eligible for the tournament while it was reclassifying from Division II. Kennesaw State claimed the sixth seed over Lipscomb by tiebreaker.
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
20 | 7 | .741 | – | 1 | ||
19 | 8 | .704 | 1 | 2 | ||
18 | 9 | .667 | 2 | 3 | ||
17 | 10 | .630 | 3 | 4 | ||
15 | 12 | .556 | 5 | 5 | ||
13 | 14 | .481 | 8 | 6 | ||
13 | 14 | .481 | 8 | 7 | ||
9 | 18 | .333 | 12 | 8 | ||
8 | 19 | .296 | 13 | – | ||
3 | 24 | .111 | 18 | – |
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.
Position | Player | School | |
---|---|---|---|
IF | Chesny Young | Mercer | |
OF/P | Gaither Bumgardner | USC Upstate | |
P | Brandon Lee | USC Upstate | |
OF | Tyler Lesch | USC Upstate | |
OF | Jacob Bruce | Kennesaw State | |
IF | Chris McGowan | Kennesaw State | |
C | Max Pentecost | Kennesaw State | |
IF | Derek Niesman | East Tennessee State | |
IF | Alex Reynolds | East Tennessee State | |
OF | Jeremy Taylor | East Tennessee State | |
P | Kerry Doane | East Tennessee State |
Kerry Doane was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Doane was a pitcher for East Tennessee State.